CZECRIN is part of the 3-year European project VACCELERATE, which aims to create a network of clinical and research facilities focused on the development and testing of vaccines against infectious diseases, including COVID-19.
In the spring of 2021 a consorcium was formed for the 3-year EU project named VACCELERATE, in which Masaryk University, through its research infrastructure CZECRIN, is involved at the level of the project partner. It is a research project with the aim of conducting vaccination studies of phase II and III against COVID-19, or other infectious diseases. The aim is to create a platform for the design, implementation and evaluation of data for future vaccination studies. The project is coordinated by the University Hospital in Cologne. Representatives for the Czech Republic are prof. MUDr. Metr Husa, CSc. (Head of the Department of Infectious Diseases, University Hospital Brno and Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University) and doc. MUDr. Regina Demlová, Ph.D. (Head of the Institute of Pharmacology of Faculty of Medicine of Masaryk University and Principal Investigator of the CZECRIN project).
In addition to the many activities associated with the celebration of the 105th anniversary of the founding of Masaryk University, from 3 to 8 April 2024, students of the Faculty of Medicine added a project aimed at supporting homeless people. Food collections were held at all faculties of the university. The goal was to collect symbolically at least 105 kg.
Prof. MUDr. Hana Hrstková, CSc., has extensive experience in the field of pediatrics, especially in pediatric oncology. For many years she was the head of the First Children's Internal Medicine Clinic of the University Hospital Brno. She specializes mainly in hematology, hematooncology and oncology. In addition to the treatment of malignant tumours, she also deals with late effects of oncological therapy and teaching at the Faculty of Medicine of Masaryk University. He has been working at the University Hospital Brno for more than 40 years and this year he will celebrate a significant jubilee.
